title: Left ventricular metastasis from ocular melanoma: a new, rare, and unusual pathway?
abstract: Melanoma is a neoplasm known for its propensity for cardiac involvement. When there exists an isolated metastasis to the heart, the melanoma tends to involve the right heart. Rarely does melanoma metastasize to the left ventricle. We report the first case of choroidal melanoma that had indeed metastasized to the left ventricle and was associated with a patent foramen ovale, which may explain its initially surprising location on this side of the heart.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France. demondion.pierre@hotmail.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demondion
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garot
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balaton
authors.forename: Pierre-Louis
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Darmon
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauduit
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fourchy
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seknadji
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cormier
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donzeau-Gouge
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000098943:Uveal Melanoma